Awarded contract

Award of Upgrade of Hydrographic Warps for MRV Scotia (MS-P-0475)

Details

Value
£25,050
Topic
Miscellaneous cordage, rope, twine and netting
Published
27 March 2026

Tender description

The Scottish Ministers acting through Marine Directorate invites bids for the upgrade of hydrographic warps for MRV ScotiaThe hydro 2 and 3 warps on MRV Scotia are required to undertake hydrographic sampling deployments, benthic sampling deployments, micro plastics sampling and hydrographic data collection. Given impending annual survey plan and statutory assessment work to be carried out by Marine Directorate, replacing/upgrading the trawl warps is sensible mitigation to avoid failure.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published27 March 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date27 March 2026

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 39540000 · Miscellaneous cordage, rope, twine and netting
  • 39541110 · Rope

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